John maxheimee



(No Model.)

J1 111111113111211 BIRD GAGE.

UNITEDv STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOHN MAXHEIMER, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK.

BIRD-CAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 260,768, dated July `11, 1882.

Application tiled May 1, 1882. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN MAXHEIMER, of Brooklyn, Kings county, and State of vN ew York, have invented an Improved Bird-Cage, of which the following is a specification.

Figure 1 is a side elevation of my improved bird-cage. Fig. 2 is an inner side view, on an enlarged scale, of the fender; Fig. 3, a vertical cross-section of the fender; and Fig. 4, an inner side view, showing the fender contracted.

The object of this invention is to provide a bird-cage with a fender that can be conveniently compressed to give access to feed-cups and the like, and that can also be maintained clean and free of defects'.

The invention consists, first, in making the fender-body of a lower and of an upper continuous band, the upper band being connected with and held raised by springs; and it also consists in combining with such frame a covering ot woven or knitted material, ashereinafter more fully specified. Y

In the accompanying drawings, the letter A represents a suitable bird-cage, and B its base. The fender is composed of a framing, C, and covering D. The framing O is constructed of a lower. wire or band, a, which is fastened by suitable clasps, b, or other fasteners to the bottom B' or other part of the cage, and of an upper Wire or band, d, which is supported and held above the band a by springs e. The wires or bands a and d are by preferinto its normal position.

ence continuous, or nearly so, and on a cylindrical cage would be of circular form; but on a cage of' oval or angular shape the form of the said band would be correspondingly changed.

To the bands a and d is fastened by suitable threads the knitted or woven covering D,

which is held taut by the springs e, and which, whenever access is wanted to a feed-cup or door of the cage, 'can be compressed, as indicated in Fig. 4, by moving the band d close to the band a, which motion the springs e will permit.V -Whenever the band d is let go the springs e will at once throw the fender back 'lhe covering D of the fender, being of woven or knitted material, can be readily taken off the framing a d and washed and replaced by another from time to time. The springs e are by preference interposedbetween the bands a and d, as shown g but they may with substantially equal effect connect the band d directly with the cagewires, either above or below band d.

I vclaim- In Ia bird-cage, the fender composed of the specied.

JOHN MAXHEIMER..

Witnesses WILLY G. E. ScnUL'rz, GUsTAv SGHNEPP. 

